Sunday

Today, I came back from church at around 2. Jean was busy asking qy (uncle/ds) many theological questions which, according to Andrew lasted for about an hour. Jean and him were busy talking in the library while the rest of us just rotted around. And yay, I remembered to ask nai nai and ye ye to come for the string concert.

In the afternoon, I did violin practice from 2.45-4.15pm. I think my family has an excuse not to go for the concert - they've already heard the whole repertoire and they are going to be hearing full encores for the next 4 days. I practiced scales and was wide awake then. But 25mins later (pieces), I started getting sleepy. The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba wasn't well played because I didn't look at the notes properly and had to stop a few times to check my location on the score. The rest were relatively alright, but I find the rondo alla turca by mozart score very tiny. This is not suitable for people who are half asleep while practicing. As for the double concerto, I practiced at 100beats/min. I'm still trying to get used to it being so fast.

Then, I embarked on a mission to finish 1 of 2 zuo wens on my waiting list. There were 5 parts to it because in just 2 paragraphs, I got so sleepy I slept thrice totalling 1 hour and then I stopped for dinner which kept me awake for the next 2 pages I wrote. I have come to the conclusion that 2 weeks of the lack of sleep (6.5 hours a day) has just started taking its toll on me. The word limit/target was 2 full pages. I like the new zuo wen paper because there is this redundant empty column on the right that takes up roughly 3 squares each row. This is especially useful when your mission has targets like this.

My parents left the house at around 6 for a wedding dinner. The problem/advantage of being the yougest in the family is that you never get to have authority over/be responsible for a family member at any one time. Even if Jean was the only one at home, she'd only get to rule over/take care of herself. Yay?